Liberal Party of Newfoundland

The Liberal Party of Newfoundland was a liberal political party in Newfoundland that existed from 1854 to 1934. The party was founded as a Catholic and Methodist coalition which opposed the Anglican-dominated political establishment, but the implementation of responsible government led to the Methodists allying with the Anglican Conservative Party of Newfoundland. The Liberals were therefore left as a largely-Irish Catholic party, representing the predominantly working-class and agricultural Catholic minority. In 1907, the social democratic Newfoundland People's Party split from the Liberal Party, but the party was joined by the Fishermen's Protective Union in 1919 to form the "Liberal Reform Party". In 1934, party politics in Newfoundland ended when the island became a dominion of the United Kingdom, and the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador was its spiritual successor.